diff --git a/dlls/d3d10core/tests/d3d10core.c b/dlls/d3d10core/tests/d3d10core.c
index 9c322ed525f..b9b83f4060d 100644
--- a/dlls/d3d10core/tests/d3d10core.c
+++ b/dlls/d3d10core/tests/d3d10core.c
@@ -1389,6 +1389,9 @@ static void draw_quad_vs_(unsigned int line, struct d3d10core_test_context *cont
         ok_(__FILE__, line)(SUCCEEDED(hr), "Failed to create input layout, hr %#x.\n", hr);
     }
 
+    if (!context->vb)
+        context->vb = create_buffer(device, D3D10_BIND_VERTEX_BUFFER, sizeof(quad), quad);
+
     if (context->vs_code != vs_code)
     {
         if (context->vs)
@@ -1400,9 +1403,6 @@ static void draw_quad_vs_(unsigned int line, struct d3d10core_test_context *cont
         context->vs_code = vs_code;
     }
 
-    if (!context->vb)
-        context->vb = create_buffer(device, D3D10_BIND_VERTEX_BUFFER, sizeof(quad), quad);
-
     ID3D10Device_IASetInputLayout(context->device, context->input_layout);
     ID3D10Device_IASetPrimitiveTopology(context->device, D3D10_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLESTRIP);
     stride = sizeof(*quad);
@@ -10338,10 +10338,6 @@ static void test_cb_relative_addressing(void)
     DWORD color;
     HRESULT hr;
 
-    static const D3D10_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC layout_desc[] =
-    {
-        {"POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 0,  0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
-    };
     static const DWORD vs_code[] =
     {
 #if 0
@@ -10451,10 +10447,6 @@ float4 main(const ps_in v) : SV_TARGET
 
     device = test_context.device;
 
-    hr = ID3D10Device_CreateInputLayout(device, layout_desc, ARRAY_SIZE(layout_desc),
-            vs_code, sizeof(vs_code), &test_context.input_layout);
-    ok(SUCCEEDED(hr), "Failed to create input layout, hr %#x.\n", hr);
-
     colors_cb = create_buffer(device, D3D10_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER, sizeof(colors), &colors);
     index_cb = create_buffer(device, D3D10_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER, sizeof(index), NULL);